We all saw that MIL had some late success using Giannis as a screener. I think that's where Coach Bud starts.The Bucks adjust more during the course of a game than most anyone. To assume they will change nothing following a big loss is setting yourself up for failure. If I’m Ime (that sounds funny) I’d be preparing for the Bucks to force Jaylen out of his comfort zone, run a second defender at him off the dribble forcing him to pass the ball which is a hole in his game. I’d look for them to run the offense more through Lopez at the top of the circle forcing a big outside of the paint and to run more action with Holiday. I’m sure there are other things he’ll look to do that are above my pay grade as well.
However, MIL really misses Middleton's shot creation. From what I understand, Middleton gets the ball a lot when the shot clock is winding down and I heard on a podcast that a good portion of his shots are unassisted. MIL is having a super hard time scoring in half-court because other than Giannis and sometimes Jrue (he's talented but he's as streaky as Marcus), they don't have guys who can beat good defenders - which the Cs happen to have a lot of - one-on-one.
It's pretty amazing that MIL's primary role players - Portis, Lopez, Matthews, Allen, Connaughton, and Carter played 150+ minutes and only took 6 3P attempts. I'd assume that is the lowest attempts for those guys in a game this year. The only way MIL wins when that happens is if Giannis goes for 50+. Which is possible (it probably means that the Cs starting front court has fouled out and Giannis is hitting his free throws) but not likely given the way the Cs play defense and how much energy Giannis would have to expend trying to that many shots.
MIL has to figure out how to get its role players some shots but they are very guardable if Giannis isn't creating for them.